New Delhi: Blaming government's "incompetence" for the power crisis in the country, the BJP on Wednesday attacked it for alleging that overdrawing by some states led to grid collapse and insisted it was caused by administrative and not technical failure. "The unprecedented grid failure is a result of negligence, incompetence and complete abdication of duty on the part of the central government. The central government is hiding some important facts...
06:37 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Haryana has said that the Centre did not warn the states to draw less power if the output from grids was less. ...
11:52 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Farukhabad: Union Law minister Salman Khurshid has said that the Centre was ready to pass the Lokpal Bill by consensus and was making all efforts in this regard. "The Lokpal Bill cannot be passed through agitations... We are ready to pass the Bill by consensus and all efforts are being made in this regard...Anna Hazare is ignoring the fact that UPA did not have a majority in Rajya Sabha", Khurshid...
02:20 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Patna: The BJP on Saturday slammed the Centre for price rise and demanded that it should explain as to what measures it was taking to check spiralling prices of essential commodities in the face of a famine-like situation in the country. Talking to reporters here, Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ravishankar Prasad said, "the prices are skyrocketing for the past four years and the situation is very very...
06:31 PM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a suspended superintendent of a UP jail shot his wife dead before committing suicide in the Vijay Nagar locality in the Krishna Nagar area of Lucknow on Friday. RK Kesarwani, superintendent of the Meerut jail, was recently suspended for alleged irregularities. He and his wife were admitted to the trauma centre in Lucknow, where they were declared brought dead. The reason for his extreme...
02:01 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Night shift workers are at the highest risk of heart attacks and strokes because of their unhealthy eating and sleeping habits, a new research has claimed. Researchers from Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre (SPARC) in London and Ontario found shift workers were almost 25 per cent more likely to suffer and night shift workers run the highest risk of 41 per cent, the 'Daily Mail' reported. The study...
01:11 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: Various state governments and corporate bodies on Thursday supported in the Supreme Court the Centre's stand that all natural resources could not be allocated to private companies only through auction as directed by the apex court in 2G spectrum verdict. Appearing before a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia, senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), contended the verdict was...
06:49 PM, Jul 26, 2012
New Delhi: Support is pouring in for the Maruti management with employees and heads of Honda Motors and two other companies planning a protest on Wednesday to condemn last week's violence at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant. Maruti has claimed that the unrest was not a labour issue but a criminal act. The Haryana government has already begun a probe into the matter but the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)...
10:27 AM, Jul 25, 2012
New Delhi: Lenovo has announced the launch of IdeaCentre A720, which it claims to be the world's slimmest all in-one. Powered by 3rd generation Intel Core i7 processors, the IdeaCentre A720 is said to have a thin, frameless display. The 27-inch Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 is just 24.5mm thick, and creates a multiplayer experience with a 10-finger multi-touch screen. The IdeaCentre A720's adjustable hinge allows the screen to be pulled towards...
02:42 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Chennai: The decision of the government to enforce the merger of all five Anna Universities of Technology (AUTs) with the Anna University in Chennai from August 1 has brought with it a host of changes to the functioning of these institutions. The announcement made on Sunday said that 535 engineering colleges in the State, including those in the five places where the AUTs were created, would now become affiliated colleges...
01:22 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Bhopal/New Delhi: An RTI has revealed that Bhopal gas tragedy victims are being used as guniea pigs for drug trials in hospitals. At least 12 victims have died in illegal drug trials till now. The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Madhya Pradesh government after an NGO filed a PIL. Ramadhar Srivastava is one of thousands of Bhopal gas tragedy victims but the trauma he suffered at a...
02:46 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Patna: Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey has urged doctors from Bihar living in Britain to donate one pound every day to help build a super speciality health centre in the state. The minister made the appeal at a function organised by the Bihar-Jharkhand Medical Association at Doncaster in South Yorkshire Monday, said a health department official here Tuesday. Choubey also requested the doctors from Bihar to help the state utilise...
03:47 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Madhya Pradesh government on drug trials and came down heavily on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan administration for treating people as guinea pigs even as people are dying due to illegal trials. Terming it "most unfortunate', the apex court criticised the state government for the inadequate measures taken to curb the problem. The Madhya Pradesh government, responding to the SC's censure,...
11:33 AM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: In a move apparently aimed at mollifying states, the Home Ministry has proposed to take out the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) from the ambit of the Intelligence Bureau, a sticky point over which the anti -terror body has been stuck. The proposal may come up at the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The proposal to take out the...
05:45 PM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre has cleared a package to the tune of Rs 45,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh, conceding almost half of the demand made by the Akhilesh Yadav government. The package includes release of fresh installments of funds for Centrally-aided projects which were pending due to various reasons, including failure on part of the state government to provide utilisation certificates. The decision to clear the release of the funds...
10:25 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New York: Facebook has launched its application centre, App Center, in India and six other countries, a move that will help users to find games, music services and media content easily. The social networking giant had launched the App Center in the US last month. "The App Center is now available to everyone in the US, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK," Facebook Software Engineer...
08:49 AM, Jul 11, 2012
Bangalore: The Centre was addressing two issues over which some states have opposed the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and the row would be resolved, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday. A majority of state chief ministers had accepted NCTC and some other chief ministers have reservations over two issues saying it would infringe upon the states' powers, he told reporters here. "Some chief ministers have flagged...
08:29 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Presidential reference in the 2G spectrum case to review the apex court's order cancelling 122 licences was not maintainable. The CPIL said that the review of the Supreme Court's verdict in the 2G scam was not permissible by way of a Presidential reference. The Attorney General for India, however, argued that the apex...
02:26 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Pune: Actor Aamir Khan's TV show 'Satyamev Jayate' has helped a city NGO that works in the field of de-addiction, Muktangan Rehabilitation Centre (MRS), receive Rs 4.37 lakh in donations. The NGO has decided to use the money on street children addicted to various harmful substances. The MRS is an ISO 9001:2000 certified body whose work and activities were highlighted in Khans show in the ninth episode that dealt with...
12:04 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: Centre has refused to release funds to the tune of Rs 168 crore to West Bengal Government for drinking water projects, pointing out that the amount disbursed earlier had not been spent by the state. The development comes amid strains in relations between Congress and Trinamool Congress over Presidential elections in which Mamata Banerjee has so far not committed her support to UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee. Trinamool...
02:58 AM, Jul 09, 2012
